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W. O. HOMAN. REGISTERING RING.

No. 605,822. Pate nted June 14,1898.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 605,822, dated June 14, 1898.

Application filed March 3, 1 898.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM 0. 1101mm, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, New Haven county, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering-Rings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in registering devices, such as cyclometers and the like; and it consists in the novel mechanical construction and arrangement of the parts thereof, hereinafter fully set forth.

The main object of my invention is to improve the construction of the numeral-rings, which construction incidentally provides a simple, inexpensive, and eifective method of attaching the numbers or other designations commonly employed around the periphery of each numeral-ring.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the body portion of a numeral-ring. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the details of my invention. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through that portion of the numeral-ring shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a completed numeralrmg.

This invention is particularly useful in connection with cyclometers of the type set forth in my previous application for United States Letters Patent, serially numbered 652,991, filed September 25, 1897, and while it is essentially an improvement upon the construction therein shown it should not be understood that I intend to limit it only to such structures.

Referring to the drawings, A is thebody of a numeral-ring. B is the circular band-like periphery thereof, and D D are notches formed in the edge of said band-like periphcry and separated at suitable intervals. These notches D are preferably formed in one edge only of said band-like periphery, and the portion cut out to provide each notch is turned inwardly to form a shoulder E to cooperate with certain other details of construction of the registering mechanism, not necessary to show herein, but fully set out in my previ0uslyreferred-to application. The

Serial No. 672,367. (No model.)

- notches D are by preference ten in number,

spaced equidistantly from each other. As numerals are commonly employed to designate fractions of a given distance and are affixed to the band-like periphery B of the numeralring, it has been found desirable to attach them to said numeral-ring by the improved method and means hereinafter set forth. Should the numerals be attached to the peripheryB of the ring-body, it is manifest that as the said ring-body is revolved by the trainregistering mechanism the notches around the said periphery will be exposed from time to time through the window in the side of the cyclometer-casing commonly employed, thus permitting, should the transparent opening commonly employed in said window be broken, the admission of dust or grit, which would tend to impair the perfect operation of the registering mechanism. I therefore provide a circular band F, formed of a suitable metal, the internal circumference of which is slightly less than the external circumference of the bodyA of the numeral-ring when said parts are not assembled. On the external periphery of the band F, I provide a series of numerals ordinarily running from 0, 1, 2,&c., to 9, inclusive. The band F there fore provides a continuous and unbroken surface to receive the numerals, and also provides, when the same is in place, as indicated in Fig. 4, a covering for the notches D in the periphery of the ring-body, thereby rendering the same dust-proof.

In assembling the parts A and Fthe latter is slipped over the body and forced into place, the edges of said band and the edges of the band-like periphery B being in approximately the same plane when in position. The notches D in the ring-body A permit not only the forming of the shoulders E, but also permit the circumference of the body A to be slightly reduced, thus allowing the band F to he slipped into place where it is securely retained by the expansive tendency of the body A and without the need of any additional holding means, such as solder and the like. As the numeral-rings are commonly used in aseries arranged side by side, a laterally-directed annular shoulder G of reduced diam eter extends under the next adjacent ring of the series and eeiipemtes with the bef01edescribed means in rendering the device as a whole dust-proof.

What I claim is In combination a tl'mlsverselyslottecl resilient ring, and a numeraLring slightly less in its internal dimneter when said parts are unasseinbled, than the external diameter of said first ring, slipped tliereover. 1o

Signed at Meriden this 21st day of February, 1898.

YVILLIAM C. IIOMAN. Vitnesses:

ALFRED DUNLOP, LEWIS E. FROST. 

